How do I create flexible wires in C3?

Hey guys

I'm still stuck here. I just need to know how to create a verification system that checks wires and components to see if they are in the correct order and if the wires are all connected to them and how to know if a wire is disconnected from any component or not. Could someone help me, please?

mm, Im a bit lost as it's not very clear now what is your goal, after reading the comments I'm lost as to if you need to check the wires or not?

In one comment you said that you just need to check if the components are in order when you close the circuit but after that, you mention that you need to check the wires? what do you need to check the wires for?

So for what I see is:

1-You check exactly the order of the whole circuit including (Wires & Components) mean it can end up looking like this the correct Answer:

Switch,Wire,Wire,Resistor1,Wire,Resistor2,Wire,Wire,Wire,Battery,Wire,Fuse,Wire,Wire,Switch

Or

2-You can omit completely the wires and just check the components if they are in order, so it can end up looking like this the correct Answer:

Switch,Resistor1,Resistor2,Battery,Switch

But Note: here there is the possibility that it could be just one Wire in the whole circuit and it will be a valid Answer if they are in the exact order the components.

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Another question is, are you following the Example from the website that you linked to or not? because on that website it's totally different than the one you have as it allows connecting components together. But it doesn't allow to close the circuit if there are only components for example. The Components are also easier to connect as they have one Node at the Left and the other at the Right so all the wires and components follow the same model to make it easy to (connect and rotate) but your battery has the Nodes on the side and the corner its different connection.

The same for the voltage you said you need to check it and then no

Still, so many questions unclear maybe that's why it's more difficult to help you, see if you can simplify all that you need.

and if the wires are all connected to them

What do you mean exactly? do you check each component if it has a wire? or something else?

and how to know if a wire is disconnected from any component or not.

This is not very clear swell, do you mean that you constantly check each component that has wire? if so why?

Because if you just check if the Awsner is valid it will tell you if all are connected right or not, you don't need to check individually each component unless you do something else.

I don't know if you're referring to the link I included in the first post, but if it is, I thought it was going to be very complex, so I tried to ask for the minimum resources. The problem is that in the end I will not be able to do the demo version and it was all in vain, but thanks anyway.

Yeah the link on the first page.

I was asking because I didn't read the whole thread and I thought you were trying to do that type of circuit so I did give it a try but after I finishing a demo I read many different comments so I wasn't sure that you were looking to do that exactly anymore that's why I didn't post it.

But here it is if it helps, I followed all the rules from that website and the only difference is that this is for a single connection as you were doing instead of multiple connections like they do.

At the moment checks the exact components and wires from the string of the Global variable but you can change it easily to check just the components instead.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8x21lj85u7e0eef/electric%20circuit.capx?dl=0

Also, you have a debug txtbox that shows you the solution and the current Progress going in both directions

Thanks, I'm glad it was helpful)

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- Is it possible to check what component was disconnected when someone cut the connection of both sides of this component? If so, how?

Everything should be possible as long you describe exactly how it works.

Example:

Do you mean something like this?

The circuit has been cut it and they are two components at the two ends:

-Going left side the last component is Resistor1

-Going Right side the last component is Resistor2

Which you can already get from the debug string if you look to the last components, look at the picture.

If it's not that can you explain it a bit more, this assuming that we start always from the Switch? Anything can be done if you just explain how it works exactly including all the different situation that can happen, other ways it's confusing and it will take longer to give the right answer.

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- I will need to use other components besides those. Is it possible for me to implement it?

Sure, its dynamically so you can add as many components as you want, just remember that they need to have the two image points (L & R)

L = at the Left

R = at the Right

Look at one of the components to get the idea

That's the only Rule, Also they don't have to be the same width so it can be different as it already takes into account the size of the component.

Also, don't forget to set their variable "Type"

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- I need to implement the multimeter (as you may have seen in the simulator) to measure the components when they are connected or not. This happens at the ends of the component. What do you suggest for that?

3-If you mean how to connect this:

Then you can add it as a normal component but you just don't include it when you check if they finish the circuit in the right order, instead, it will act as a wire if I understood you correctly. Basically, it will be skipped for circuit check but it will be used to see who is connected to it only. I can have a look if you want but I just need to know exactly how this will work.

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- I thought to use tile background as the wires, but I need those wires to show the energy inside them, as happens in the simulator and I cannot use tileBG for this. I also used sprites, but when I stretch the wires, the animation also stretches. Do you know another solution for this?

4-I just saw a nice example from "Newt" on this thread, It is just one line of code and works really good, the same as the website. I tested it already and it works but only with C3 so maybe you can use that.

Thread Link: https://www.construct.net/en/forum/construct-3/how-do-i-8/dynamic-length-animated-159710

Here is an example for the Energy Wire: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xyrsr0eprb0j6u5/energy%20wire%20test.c3p?dl=0

Complete the circuit to activate the energy wires

Video:https://www.dropbox.com/s/gxgjk9pk6ilbulb/video%20energy%20wires.mp4?dl=0

Everything should be possible as long you describe exactly how it works.

Example:

Do you mean something like this?

The circuit has been cut it and they are two components at the two ends:

-Going left side the last component is Resistor1

-Going Right side the last component is Resistor2

Which you can already get from the debug string if you look to the last components, look at the picture.

If it's not that can you explain it a bit more, this assuming that we start always from the Switch? Anything can be done if you just explain how it works exactly including all the different situation that can happen, other ways it's confusing and it will take longer to give the right answer.

What I meant is to separate a single component from the circuit in order to be able to measure it with the multimeter. In the example you showed in the image, resistor2 would be disconnected from both sides, that is, it would be completely separated from the circuit. The reason is that it has two values: one when connected and the other when disconnected.

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> - I need to implement the multimeter (as you may have seen in the simulator) to measure the components when they are connected or not. This happens at the ends of the component. What do you suggest for that?

3-If you mean how to connect this:

Then you can add it as a normal component but you just don't include it when you check if they finish the circuit in the right order, instead, it will act as a wire if I understood you correctly. Basically, it will be skipped for circuit check but it will be used to see who is connected to it only. I can have a look if you want but I just need to know exactly how this will work.

Sorry, but as I cannot see this image, I don't know if I understood your comment correctly. I would use the multimeter to touch the probes to the ends of a component and the value would appear on the panel. In the simulator that I shared the link in the first post, the multimeter is at the top right of the screen and you can drag it to use the probes.

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> - I thought to use tile background as the wires, but I need those wires to show the energy inside them, as happens in the simulator and I cannot use tileBG for this. I also used sprites, but when I stretch the wires, the animation also stretches. Do you know another solution for this?

Awesome! It is possible to control this animation, right? For example, use the switch to turn on (show the animation) and turn off (stop the animation) or still disable the animation when the circuit is cut?

EDITED: In the current structure, it is necessary to define in the variable the number of items and the order of these items. It would be possible to consider the wires as a single item regardless of the amount, that is, if you join several wires, the program understands that it was included the wire that is requested on the order of the value of the variable? I am asking this because putting together multiple wires instead of using just one shouldn't change the result.

Thank you, tarek2!

You are right. It's a simple and effective solution. In fact, the complete solution is amazing. All commented and explained. A great class!

I will study this CAPX and all your comments/explanations minutely, to be able to do some modifications or adaptations. I appreciated your help a lot and I hope I can still count on you if you have any more questions.